After working with my mentor, I got the offer from Fidelity for an equity research internship. I ultimately chose Fidelity over [redacted for anonymity] mainly because I want to gain exposure to a much wider range of investing styles.

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March 3, 2018

WSO put me in contact with 4 mentors in the USA, London and Hong Kong of which one I met in person. This set me on the straight and narrow path to the USA, I now know where I want to go and how I am getting there. In particular, my mentor went above and beyond the call of duty, giving me sound advice, grilling me in a mock interview and sending me material to prepare me for an interview and for my move to the USA as he had done before. In addition, he got me in contact with some professionals in San Francisco which I consulted with as well. WSO is really an amazing service that puts you on the right path and gives you advice no one else is willing to give. I would recommend it to any professional, whether looking for a job or looking to improve.

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December 30, 2017

I just wanted to let you know I received offers from my two top choices: [redacted for anonymity] at Maccquarie and [redacted for anonymity] at UBS. Thank you so much for all of your help!

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December 30, 2017

I wanted to update you that I landed a spring investment banking internship at [redacted for anonymity] with a possibility to extend it into summer and I am very excited about this opportunity. I also wanted to thank you for your advice last year as you were my first mentor in the industry and you really helped me to stay on course and continue pursuing my dreams.

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December 29, 2017

Just wanted to give you a heads up that my mentor has been fantastic. He completely went above and beyond all of my expectations. He introduced me to friends working at other firms and his introductions were enough to get me a final round with {redacted for anonymity] and some helpful informational interviews with JP Morgan's [redacted for anonymity] group.

My mentor is always willing to answer my emails and questions and he's my go-to person for getting advice during the recruiting process. For internship recruiting, I had a peer group at my school to get for help, but full time recruiting left me without a group of people to fall back and get good advice from. For this reason, I'm especially glad about the advice that I got from my mentor during my full time recruiting process. He's genuinely one of the most helpful people I've met in my career. Overall, I am very pleased with my coaching purchase from WSO. It was worth every penny.

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September 2, 2017

I've received offers from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in NYC, among several other firms! Thank you so much for all your help through my process (especially bearing with me through the shambles of walking through an LBO).

Why Anonymous?

Some of our mentors are forced to be anonymous due to firm policies or personal preference. Anonymity allows us to i) source the best mentors from the top companies in the world ii) allows them to be honest and give you amazing insight into the industry and firms.

How It Works

All of our mentors are actual professionals. You can be sure that we will match you with an expert in your target industry and that they have gone through strict WSO training to ensure a smooth experience.

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Here’s just some of what you can expect

Match with an Expert Industry Professional

ALL of our mentors are actual professionals that screens candidates for their elite firms. You can be sure that we will match you with an expert in your target industry and that they have gone through strict WSO training to ensure a smooth experience.

Every Word Counts

Our experts make sure know the right buzzwords and recruiting strategies to help you stand out from the thousands of other applicants.

No matter what elite industry you are targeting, we have you covered. We have expert reviewers ready to help you in investment banking, trading, private equity, hedge funds, consulting, real estate finance, equity research, accounting, corporate finance and more... If you're not sure if we can help, feel free to reach out to [email protected]

2 Weeks of Follow Up

To make sure all of your questions are answered, we offer up to 2 additional weeks to follow up with your mentor once your final session is over… we want to make sure you understand our suggestions to help you land more interviews and more importantly, an elite job.

You Drive, We Guide

Whether you want to use your time for a mock interview, model review, career consultation or a live resume review, how you spend the time with your mentor is 100% up to you.

Low Risk - High Potential Reward

You should expect this service to be a very iterative process. After we get your detailed questionnaire and match you to one of our mentors, he or she will schedule a time for your initial 1 hour session to help gain clarification and start the process ($50 off first session). If you think the mentor is a good match, then you can purchase more time (73% of our clients buy more hours).

48-72 Hour Rush Service Available

The standard mentor session takes approximately between ~3-7 days to schedule, however, upon checkout, there are options to expedite the service for an additional fee (+$100) in order to get matches and scheduled within 48-72hrs after submitting your questionnaire and resume. While this is not ideal (we encourage clients to sign up before a rush is needed), we realize sometimes tight deadlines and interviews are unexpected/unavoidable.

Frequently Asked Questions

The mentor service packages range from $79 - $1,390 depending on the package you purchase (30min vs 10hr). Given the success of our service and the number of repeat clients we have, we know that we can afford to run on thin profit margins and serve thousands of applicants. We also know that many of you will follow the advice of our mentors and invest in additional courses and/or services from WSO.

After checking out, you will immediately be sent a detailed questionnaire. Once you fill out and send that questionnaire to [email protected] along with a Word version of your resume, we will match you up within 24-72 hours to your expert mentor based on your target industry, region and position. Your mentor will introduce him/herself and then proceed to review your current resume and questionnaire.
Over the following days, you will schedule a time that is mutually convenient for you initial phone call to go over what you need help with (mock interview, career consultation and/or both). If you would like to proceed with this mentor, you can schedule more hours anywhere from 1 hour to 20+ hours with him or her over the following weeks & months. You may also have more than 1 mentor if you choose a package with multiple hours. Minimum session time is 1 hour for packages of 1 hour or greater.

Typically the match happens within 48-72hrs, especially if you have 2-3 mentors in mind after searching the mentor database. The rush service (+$100 during checkout) speeds up this initial process and ensures you are matched within 24 hours after submitting your questionnaire. If for whatever reason we cannot match you in time, we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked. Oftentimes the rush service is used when there is an unexpected interview and you want preparation last minute.

We have an incredible team of 500+ dedicated mentors across top firms all around the world. Our #1 goal is to make sure you are placed in the hands of the most competent and detail-oriented professional in your specific target industry. This coupled with our strict process ensures a smooth and thorough experience. Why do we use actual professionals? The answer is simple: they are the ones ACTUALLY SCREENING APPLICATIONS for their own firms! They know what it takes to make it out of the trash pile and into the interview pile. On top of this, since we have been doing mentor sessions for over a decade across THOUSANDS of clients, we are able to immediately identify a top mentor and feed them more clients to ensure happy customers like you (due to our strict screening process).
Our team includes investment bankers at all the top bulge brackets and elite boutique banks as well as private equity, hedge fund and VC professionals at the most prestigious funds. We also have reviewers at the top management consulting firms in the world, elite prop trading firms, top corporate finance roles as well as other related finance careers.

Usually these are all self-limiting beliefs, but if you're unsure if we are a good match for you, please send us a quick email to [email protected] and we can send over some bios if we think there might be a potential good match for you.

Too Young / Too Inexperienced: We do NOT recommend our mentor service until you at least have at least some relevant WORK experience that we can leverage. For the young clients out there, this means an internship, ideally in your target or related industry. If you are a freshman in college/university, it is unlikely that you have this experience. The earliest we'd recommend doing a mentor session is late freshman or early sophomore year as you prepare for summer internship recruiting.
If you have no relevant experience then it probably doesn't make sense to sign up for the service. Our mentors are amazing, but they aren't magicians. If you tell us you really want to be in Investment Banking or Private Equity (for example) and everything in your background points to law or medicine, it's going to be an uphill battle. On the other hand, if you have unrelated experience but you have started the transition process by taking relevant classes and joining relevant clubs and associations, we'd love to work with you. You may not be the most competitive candidate, but we will highlight the most relevant education and functions at your current job that would translate well across industries.

Too Old / Too Experienced: We DO recommend our mentor service for more experienced professionals that are looking to make a transition or have an interview coming up. We have several very senior mentors that can answer the tough questions and make sure you are up to date on the latest trends in your target industry. However, before you move forward, we encourage you to give yourself an honest assessment. If you are looking to make the transition and have not made any steps outside of considering this mentor program, you probably aren't ready. If you've taken steps (education, new degrees, courses, etc) and feel like you're ready, we're on board and eager to help!

Yes, our mentors often do refer our clients for open positions at their firms (over 20%), however, this should not be asked of our mentors to avoid a conflict of interest and it should not be expected as part of the service. It is up to you to impress the mentor if this is your goal, however, we believe you can gain much more out of the experience by being honest about your weaknesses and concerns with the mentor so there can be an open dialogue on how to improve your chances.

This is a personal question and the answer is naturally subjective. If you are serious about landing a job in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, trading, asset management, management consulting or any other competitive industry, it's more than likely that the answer to that question is a resounding "YES".

Career services advisers at your school are not screening applications for interviews...neither are your classmates. If you do happen to have a friend in the industry, are they going to take the hours necessary to give you a realistic mock interview? Odds are that their time is limited outside the office and if they do give you some guidance, it won't be as thorough as our expert mentors. If you look at the competitive nature of recruiting nowadays, why would leave your application up to chance when many of these jobs pay well over $100,000?

How much is your career worth?

What you get

Value (Based on avg hourly rate of our professionals)

Step 1: Detailed Questionnaire

So we can match you with the perfect mentor for your target industry, background, seniority and region...

$125.00

Step 2: Additional Investigation

Mentor reviews your questionnaire in detail to dive into your experience to make sure we uncover the most important aspects of your application and prepare for your mock interview/consultation...

$300.00

Step 3: First 30 Min Call with Feedback

Detailed list of what we would work on together with more time and WHY...no obligation to move forward.

$225.00

TOTAL VALUE (Get 85% Off)

$650.00

Join the 1,000+ candidates just like you who have already used the WSO Mentor Service

If you’re reading this, you’re here for a reason: because you want to be one of the very few who gets an an elite job and because you need help doing it. The choice really is yours. And your opportunity really is limited.